Direction: Pierre Perrault

Direction Pierre Perrault · Michel Brault · Marcel Carrière

Synopsis For Those Who Will Follow (1963) chronicles a compelling initiative by the young inhabitants of Ile-aux-Coudres, situated in the heart of the St. Lawrence River. Inspired by the filmmakers, these young men embark on a mission to honor their ancestors...

Direction Pierre Perrault

Direction Pierre Perrault

Direction Pierre Perrault

Synopsis Tickets s.v.p (S) (1973) delves into a pivotal moment from the early stages of Québec's quiet revolution, perfectly suited for a cartoonist's lens. The narrative revolves around a Montréal commuter train, where a unilingual ticket collector encounters a bilingual passenger,...

Direction Pierre Perrault

Cast Hauris Lalancette · Monique Lalancette

Direction Pierre Perrault

Cast Louis-Philippe Lécuyer · Philippe Cross · Stéphane-Albert Boulais · Maurice Chaillot

Synopsis The Shimmering Beast (1982) delves into the world of urban dwellers who flee the pressures of city life to seek solace and camaraderie in the remote wilderness of northern Quebec. The term "bête lumineuse," a Quebecois slang for "moose," is...

Direction Pierre Perrault

Direction Pierre Perrault

Direction Pierre Perrault

Cast Hauris Lalancette · Monique Lalancette

Direction René Bonnière · Pierre Perrault

Cast Lloyd Bochner

Direction Michel Brault · Pierre Perrault

Synopsis L'Acadie, l'Acadie (1971) chronicles the resurgence of Acadian identity in the late 1960s, focusing on the Université de Moncton in New Brunswick as the epicenter of this cultural and political awakening. Despite French speakers constituting 40% of the province's population,...

Direction Michel Brault · Bernard Gosselin · Pierre Perrault

Direction Pierre Perrault

Cast Alexis Tremblay · Marie Tremblay · Léopold Tremblay · Marie-Paule Tremblay

Synopsis Le règne du jour (1967) follows the journey of Alexis Tremblay and his wife Marie, four years after the release of "Pour la suite du monde (1963)." The documentary, directed by Pierre Perrault, captures the couple as they embark on...

Direction Pierre Perrault

Cast Stéphane-Albert Boulais · René Couvenant · Loïc Frémont · Isabelle Pinot

Direction Pierre Perrault

Synopsis Un royaume vous attend (1976) is a compelling feature-length documentary that delves into the agricultural landscape of Abitibi. The film serves as a passionate advocacy for the land and a more humane way of life, contrasting it with a society...

Direction Pierre Perrault

Synopsis Icewarrior (1994) is a cinematic masterpiece of direct cinema, where imagery, words, and music intertwine to create a poetic narrative. The filmmaker set up his camera for 120 days near the North Pole, in the woolly valley of Ellesmere Island....

Direction Pierre Perrault